While India’s performances in the two losses to open the T20I series against the West Indies have been very disappointing on multiple fronts, there has been one standout positive from the matches so far. In his first two international outings, Tilak Varma has impressed and shown that he can acclimatize to the international stage.

Tilak Varma’s performances have provided reasons for optimism for fans. Now, he spoke of Rahul Dravid, who was his coach during his spell in the developmental teams, and is now coach of the first team as he breaks through into it as well.

Speaking in a press conference, Tilak credited Dravid, as well as captain on the tour Hardik Pandya –

“I have been working with Rahul sir since my U-19 World Cup days. He always tells us to follow the basics and spend more time on the wicket. Hardik bhai was also telling me the same. He told me that you have done well in the domestic and the IPL, follow your basics and enjoy your game.”

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Batting first, Tilak came in at 18-2 and was tasked with helping rebuild the innings. He set himself a platform with 51(41), but failed to cash in with big runs in the later stages on a slow pitch.

It was a struggle for the Indian batters throughout to score runs at a high rate, and wickets fell at regular intervals to hold them at 152.

Tilak said of India’s batting innings –

“Wicket was bit on the slower side and it was double paced as well. We thought anything between 150-160 will be a good score. I guess at the end we were 10 runs short.”